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The gold came to this country primarily because this was the only large country .... with a free fold market" Report of the Committee on Recent Economic Changes in the United States of America. Vol. II, p. 669; 1929. ") J. H. Rogers; America weighs her Gold; 1931. 000 1921 I 1922 Trade Balance. . Other Current Credits. Total Current Credits ** + 1,976 +602 + 200 +617 +2,176 +1,219 Current Debits. . .. - I 1923 I 1924 +254 +899 +730 +692 +984 + 1,519 762 -766 -732 -776 Balance on Current Account + 1,414 +453 +252 +815 Long Term Capital Export (net) .
Let us see whether it has done so. Considering its impact upon the country's credit and price structure the relevant figures show the following changes since the beginning of the gold inflow in the autumn of 1920. 2) Fede- memmember commer- wholemember gold ral Re- ber bank cial pa- sale bank loans & per rate price im- serve bank depoports I) gold reserinvestindex l ) sits ') reserve ves ments $ 1,000,000 Sept. 1920--Mar. 1922 Mar. I 922--Aug. 65 --41 + 5 What happened in the fist year and a half is on the whole familiar knowledge 6).
875 -753 +30 -733 Gold Imports ... . -686 -234 -295 -216 Note that in everyone of the four years 1921-1924 the net gold import has been in excess of the current surplus after deducting long term capital exports. 000. The conclusion is that in these years a considerable movement of short term capital towards the United States must have occurred 1). The significance of this influx of short funds will be made clear at a later point. *** So much for the sources of the gold inflow. What were its effects?